On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The feeding and clothing me well, could not atone for taking my liberty from me.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The feeding and clothing me well, could not atone for taking my liberty from me.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts in his autobiography that no amount of physical provision could justify or mitigate the fundamental injustice of being deprived of liberty.
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